Question

【題目】 It's free and requires no equipment. Besides, the scenery can be amazing. It's no wonder running is among the world’ s most popular sports. Research suggests running can significantly improve your health. 【1】

Running just once a week, or 50 minutes a week, reduces the risk of death at a given point in time. 【2】 This is good news for those who don't have much time on their hands for exercise. But it shouldn't discourage those who enjoy running longer and more often. We found even "hardcore" running (for example, every day or four hours a week) is beneficial for health. Nor do the benefits necessarily increase by running at high speeds. We found similar benefits for running at any speed between 8 and 13 km/h. It might be that running at your own "most comfortable pace" is the best for your health.

【3】 Running may lead to overuse injuries. These occur as a consequence of repeated mechanical stress on the tissue without enough time for recovery. Sudden death is also likely to happen during exercise, though, this occurs very rarely.

Therefore, for beginning runners, start slow and gradually increase the pace, duration and weekly frequency. Set your aim at 50 minutes a week or more, and run at a comfortable speed.

If you don't like running alone, consider doing it along with others. 【4】 It can be hard to start running, but it shouldn't be too hard. 【5】 There are more than 800 other interesting sports to choose from. The benefits of many other sports (such as swimming, tennis, cycling and aerobics) are comparable to the ones found for running.

A.If you don't like running, don't force it.

B.However, keep it in mind that there are risks as well.

C.It also indicates you needn't run fast or far to gain the benefit.

D.It can increase your motivation and provide a fun social experience.

E.Running may help you live longer but more isn't necessarily better.

F.The benefit doesn't seem to increase or decrease with higher amounts of running.

G.Doing it in many sessions spread across the week brings much more benefits.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】F

【3】B

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文，主要介紹了跑步這一最為大眾化的運(yùn)動(dòng)。人們無(wú)需進(jìn)行高強(qiáng)度長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的跑步即可強(qiáng)身健體；跑步亦有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，“新手”應(yīng)循序漸進(jìn)；如果一個(gè)人跑步太枯燥，還可叫上他人一起，變成一種有趣的社交活動(dòng)，亦可嘗試世界上豐富多樣的其它運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)目。

【1】該空位于首段末尾，而第二段用了整段的篇幅說(shuō)明了跑步時(shí)間無(wú)需很長(zhǎng)，速度無(wú)需很快，即可收獲強(qiáng)身健體的“功效”。C選項(xiàng)中needn't run fast or far to gain the benefit（無(wú)需跑得很快或很遠(yuǎn)即可收獲益處）是對(duì)第二段內(nèi)容的高度概括，具有承上啟下的作用，特別是“fast or far”更是與第二段說(shuō)明的兩大要點(diǎn)準(zhǔn)確對(duì)應(yīng)，故選C。

【2】該空前后的內(nèi)容提到，一周跑個(gè)一次或者50分鐘即可降低死亡風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，這對(duì)沒(méi)有充裕時(shí)間的人來(lái)說(shuō)是個(gè)好消息；同時(shí)跑得多的人也無(wú)需沮喪，因?yàn)槟呐率歉邚?qiáng)度跑步也于健康有益。F項(xiàng)“跑步對(duì)健康的益處，似乎不會(huì)因跑得更多而增加或減少”是對(duì)以上內(nèi)容的準(zhǔn)確概括，而E則說(shuō)“跑步有益，跑得多未必好”，傾向于不應(yīng)跑得太多，與下文不符，屬干擾項(xiàng)，故選F。

【3】該空位于第三段首句，該段內(nèi)容話鋒一轉(zhuǎn)，中心內(nèi)容是談跑步風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，故B項(xiàng)“然而，也要時(shí)刻記住跑步也有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)”具有承上啟下和概括整段內(nèi)容的作用，故選B。

【4】該空前一句提到如果不喜歡一個(gè)人跑步，可以叫上他人組隊(duì)跑步，D項(xiàng)中的“增加跑步動(dòng)力”和“提供一次有趣的社交體驗(yàn)”是組隊(duì)跑步的兩大好處，特別是provide a fun social experience與上句中的doing it along with others準(zhǔn)確匹配，可快速鎖定答案，故選D。

【5】該空下一句突然提到了其它運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)目：世界上還有其它800種有趣的運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)目，它們也有與跑步類似的“功效”。因此A項(xiàng)中提到“如不喜歡跑步，則不要勉強(qiáng)”符合語(yǔ)境，故選A。